Drayko Ryder returns as a much Darker Hero seven months after the liberation of the Dragons from the now deceased Red Death, to which freedom has been restored to the Archipelago. But none of this matters to Drago Bludvist, the Leader of the Dragon Hunters who sets out to a foreign land advanced much further than beyond the borders of the Archipelago and within the outskirts to become and show his superior rulership as the self proclaimed Dragon God. Now with allies such as The Murderous Tribe, Defenders of the Wing, an Adolescent Speed Stinger and an Mysterious Woman along with a unlikely ally later on by their side, the Knights of the Dragon Riders will stop at nothing to do what others consider to be treacherous and unforgivable: Murder a Godlike being with the aid of the mystical Arcanas that Emperor Dretzymiro has sealed his power within, as they are the keys to the ritual to unlock the power sealed so no one may ever use them against his Dragons. Meanwhile, Spitelout ever so draws closer away from Berk and to the side of the Dragons, and a Demon comes this way for Drayko...
Towards the north of the land from where Dragons once roamed, the renowned Legendary Dragon Rider now known as the Slayer of Red Death will realize his destiny
-Emperor Dretzymiro
(A/N: As if you don't know who owns this shit already. Play the Devil May Cry games with the exception of the 2012 disaster of a game "DMC: Devil May Cry" to know what I'm basing this plotline off of because you're going to see a lot of Devil May Cry references here, as if this series wasn't full of it already. Enjoy!)
In a time, long since past. In an age of darkness, where Dragons were forced to serve under the horrible tyranny of Red Death, the Bane of Queens; and they were powerless under her rule. The Dragon's hope, lived in a ruler named Emperor Dretzymiro. With a spirit unlike any other and wielding a sword that bore his own name, his own blood but most importantly his own power; Emperor Dretzymiro defeated Red Death, for now...
It was the late among the dead of the cold night, where the moon shined down to reveal a large building. A museum for those who wished to know more about the history between Humans and Dragons united forces, and how they were thanks to the very power of the late Emperor Dretzymiro. A ruler who is supposedly had after his death, became one and ascended to the heavens above. The moonlight peaked through the glass on the sides, touching the many elaborately decorated rugs and floors of the interior. Within it's halls were displays of artifacts reserved by the loving wife of the Emperor, many statues stood tall as they depicted his Dragons along with himself sporting the wings of one and holding his blade high in victory against his foes. The interior was only illuminated by the moonlight as complete darkness surrounded everything, very little light to help guide one who would be wandering here at these times of the hours. The statue as mentioned before was situatied on the far side of the entrance, in front of it was the display which held the map of the land and how it was departed from the outskirts of the Barbaric Archipelago; within the glass lied a coin on top of a soft red pillow
The coin on side depicted the Emperor's aged and bloodied skull with bones while the other depicted him with many other crossed swords, edged in dry blood from the test of time as some parts were stained with splotches with some very violent scuff marks. The substance used was simple enough to be clean metal that had been carved with a specific tool used for doing something such as this. In truth however, this along with many other artifacts had some arcanic properties that can be used for a purpose; to be granted with such powers that the Emperor has sealed away upon ascending to the heavens, but before that story can be explained however, this story must be told first:
Among their arrival to this time of the night were Maria Krofter (Raytonya "Birdgette" Naomi), Raijah Mushtfar (Kalami Ramez), Valka Haddock (Cate Blanchett), Arson the Medic (Slyvester Groth) for he has no last name, Kodiadike "Frost" Griffith (Clancy Brown) and Fishlegs Ingerman (Christopher Minz-Plasse) with their Dragons. These were in order of the Knights presented: Stormfly, Hookfang, Cloudjumper, Tidalwing, Blizzard and Meatlug. The others were nowhere to be seen, strange but fitting; as they came here to examine this mysterious coin that was in the message delivered to their front door of the Main Hall at Draconia
Their leader had left prior to them finding and reading the note, inviting them to this place to bring back "the coin" at the Dragon Sanctuary; but warned them to beware the Dragon Hunters as they seek it out from the tablets they have stolen from a village they burned down long ago. The others went off to assist him while the rest stayed with Maria, it's almost like they're waiting for a trap to be sprung. Hmmm...
The story that had been read up by Maria went like this: Upon birth, the future Emperor was severely and terribly wounded on the battlefield in his youth. A Dragon took care of him while his parents fought off the menace and when it's life was taken by the Hunters, he took vengeance onto his attackers and collapsed in his Dragon's blood; absorbing it through his wounds and into his veins from there slain everyone and ended the war but at a heavy cost. He was worshipped as the Dragon God and when time came, at the end of his life, he descended to the heavens. A shooting star came every night that he wished that when he would die, he would become a Dragon God and his wish came true when he became such being. But he was also heartbroken since he was too powerful by the sight of how he had caused a short war to erupt, he had to seal them away and prevent anybody from using his powers for evil. But there was much more to this than what the description was told, by the looks of it; this was something that needed more information
Just as she was about to touch the glass holding such arcanic relic, a call of an Singetail was heard along with chains swaying and in came through the broken glass window; the Dragon Flyers arrive. These men wore fierce black war paint with tattoos of Drago's Army on their shoulders, spiked shoulder guards with two spiked straps to go along with them and a single strap to go across their torso. They were equipped with Dragon Flesh armor that their skin stripped from their bodies, while they were still alive and had an cowl for their helmets which had three curved horns going backwards. Unlike before, they were now armed with flexible sharp and bladed riding crops to punish their Singetails and force them to attack and fly them. They were also armed with weapons of their own choice. The Dragon Flyer Commander had an bright orange Singetail with maroon markings, they attacked the Knights and fought them all; but luck on their opponent's side instead
Maria pulled back on her Shield Bow and fired away with her Nadder Spike Arrow, piercing through the air and stabbing right through the Flyer's eye as he falls dead to the ground; freeing the Singetail as Stormfly does the same and frees more than one. Raijah fired off his Phoenix Talons and was now latched onto the Flyer's stomach from where his claws had stabbed through, before Hookfang dealt the finishing blow with a stream of Kerosene. The third one proved to be of no match for Valka's Staff as it's blunt spikes bashed through his armor and Cloudjumper had bitten down into the disgusting taste of Human Blood, this was of no way better than the horrible, rubbery taste of eel
Arson laughed insanely as Tidalwing both blinded and burned them with scalding water as the mad doctor dragged them off into the shadows, the last thing being heard was the sounds of screaming and machinery before it all felt silent, a little too silent perhaps. Frost plunged forward with his Trident and froze another one with nitrogen before shattering them with a single fell swoop as Blizzard left the others to die of hypothermia with his cold breath, for a cold hearted snake. Finally, the final victim was smacked off by the devastating blows of Fishleg's Shatterquake and was consequently smashed by Meatlug. A backup team of Flyers flew in and stole the coin as they were now about to make off with their prize
And now, the Legend of Emperor Dretzymiro has been taken on by a young man and his Night Fury. The Slayer of Red Death... Drayko!
On cue Drayko (Matthew Orlando C. Denverjian) along with Raedwit (Peter Cullen), Dragur (Hiran Jayesh), Eret (Kit Harrington) and Bladehead (John DiMaggio) all broke through the glass window on the roof and began firing away at the backup Dragon Flyers deployed by Krogan. Raedwit landed on one and impaled him with Thunderbolt, Dragur spun his Changewing Acid coated scythe around himself like a cyclone and towards others, Eret spun in a circle with both his twin swords as he decapitated a few and Bladehead charged into them before pounding them down to the last living Flyer. All while Toothless fired off each of his Plasma Bolts, Barf and Belch turned into a wheel of flames, Rose rained acid on them, Bonecrusher rammed into them and Storm electrocuted all who stood in his way. They continued to fall until they turned right side up and Drayko landed beside Raedwit and Bladehead with his Right Leg up and his Left Leg kneeled down as his arms were spread out with his Shield and Inferno on both arms. He looked up as the last Flyer fell to the floor dead behind him sporting a dark, serious, cold and angry looking expression on his face. But what most certainly changed about him was his new armor. His darker chocolate colored hair was longer and sported nine sharp dreadlock bangs that were smoothed out and pointed like spikes
Drayko's armor was made from "Synthetic Dragon Flesh and Bone armor forged from the blazing and flaring fiery depths of Bladehead's Forge and craftsmanship" (A/N: It's supposed to look like Daedric Armor, but without the lower part or shoulder guards) which on the ribecage like torso sported shiny Dragon Scales consisting of Black, Crimson or Nickel on some parts of the chestplate. His shoulder guards resembled that of an elven beaked down design layered by three as they both sported his Insignia which shined with reflective colors, but like his current ones were bloodied and stained. His pants were completely black and had some bloodstains here and there but was mostly made of Red Death's scales, he wore black boots (A/N: Ancient Daedric Lord Boots with the Oni faces being replaced with an Stormcutter's face with red eyes) which were to act like his gauntlets when ignited. The Wings on his back he used for gliding had been redesigned to match his Night Fury's Titan Wing appearance with red burning markings going upwards. His mask now sported some silver tribal wing markings on both sides that never touched the logo on Toothless' new tailfin after the old brown one was destroyed. Around his waist was an black and crimson kilt-like skirt that was patternless but instead had the same silver markings on his mask which opened up in the front. He's bound to make some tweaks to the armor soon, but until then he's keeping his appearance like this; Finally, he had an black leather vest zipped up that didn't cover the ribcage portion of the armor
Toothless' contrast has been darkened and his eyes are now emerald green rather than the Green/yellow eyes seen before, his tailfin now had two pedals and Vixen was still young and the cute Fox kit everyone knows and loves; but now bigger as part of her age
The Libertatem rolled over to the duo with Drayko picking it up and walking to the other Knights to regroup with them, at least when he pointed his Crossbow towards Maria. Stormfly immediately was caught in a false alarm and was about to fire her spines until Drayko shot an surviving Dragon Flyer next to her, she calmed down and nuzzled him as an apology for thinking that he was a Double Agent working for the Hunters all this time. Although this is irrelevant as he would never do such thing, he loves the Dragons and would always treat them with compassion and bonding rather than hunting and forcing them like the Hunters, Flyers and Trappers would
"You called?" He asked, his voice had definitely changed as it was sounded much calmer and smoother; but it felt cold. It was still older and masculine, but no longer raspy and but still smooth and clear to hear. He held up the Libertatem and flipped to Maria, who caught it with one hand as she told the others. "We have what we need, we'll meet up at the Sanctuary. You'll go alone I assume?" Drayko nodded and Stormfly shot a spike into the map to give him the destination. The other Knights left and Drayko followed soon after. Leaving behind the remains of the skirmish inside of the museum, as the Nadder spike struck deep into the map and pinpointed the location...
HTTYD
Atop of the tall ancient clock tower overlooking the Old Town district, the morning sun rises as Drayko stood over the edge while Toothless and Vixen stood beside their owner; overlooking all of the entire settlement and taking everything into view as the morning sun bathes them all through the clouds. Toothless heated up his scales to make sure both Drayko and Vixen, who snuggled up against his head were warm; while Drayko continued to examine all around the area, spotting an harbor on the far side from this view and even seeing an Advanced City district from the distance since this Clock Tower was situated high on top of a hill. The sunlight shined down some more and revealed the Dragon Sanctuary in the form of an old house just situated on the side of a cliff with many other houses. An archway served as the entrance leading the pathway to the front doors, Drayko nodded at the sight and made a running start before diving downwards with Toothless and Vixen following behind. Over the edge and falling face down towards the ground, the wind blowing through his hair fast as he was finally approaching the ground at long last; he flipped right side up and slammed his fist to the ground. Right leg standing up with his Left leg keeled down just like before as his Left arm was resting on his knee. He looked up and now burned the new destination into his mind
Toothless glided away as Vixen pressed down on one of the two pedals to turn him around and have him land where Drayko was at, he grabbed onto the wall with his claws and slid downwards; landing safely beside Drayko. The Knight stroked Vixen's fur in thanks for helping Toothless glide the other way to where he was without him asking, she yipped in response and climbed onto his shoulder. "Let's get a move on" Drayko told the three calmly before getting up and shaking his hand due to it being numb from that landing he made. As they began walking down the steps from the Clock Tower, he began thinking about how the Knights have changed their appearance: Raijah now had chocolate tanned skin due to spending some more time in the hot sands of his home and he might have even found some love, the Sultan was still forever grateful and told of him to his daughter who would now want to see him again. That is the suitor that she chooses, the one she will marry and the one she will love for all eternity. The Sultan doesn't exactly let her choose a number of suitors and make her marry one of them by her next birthday, that's what his traitorous servant would've done. His wife approved of how much he's changed since then and the Sultan hopes to see Raijah again
Maria now had much sharper clothing and sported more of an serious and fierce outlook as she sported armored boots with more polar bear pelts that stuck out with even more fluff to them. She had now had armored bracers and even an armored breastplate underneath as she needed all the defense she can get, especially in a time such as this; she wore her cowl more often that not and it was given some new markings with her longer hair that now rested on her shoulders, she was still flexible and always ready to kick some ass even with some armor equipped. Her bow function on the Shield she bore was designed like her old one but whenever it was deactivated, it was unnoticeable as it rested on her back shoulder like an actual bow would. It still turned back into a Shield, but she liked to have it like that since it gives her quicker access to when she needs it
Not much as changed about Raedwit, although now he started to wear his hood left often in moments and it was revealed that he had in fact dark chocolate colored Dreadlocks in the thickness and style of Jason Dagmoa; as if he knew who that was to begin with. He's started to show hints that his French mannerisms, speech patterns and other such things were just so everybody can understand what he was saying since this may not actually be his real voice. But that remains to be seen, his clothes were darker in contrast and now wore an short Spartan cape that was also black
Fishlegs was now wearing an lighter furry outfit and was equipped with furry armbands, an belt with pockets and a helmet that bore Gronckle ear wings. He has grown heavier and now sported an thin beard, but no less was he ever so armed with Gronckle Iron armor such as shoulder guards, shin guards, fingerless furry gauntlets, furry sabatons and even Dragon Cards to help him identify various species when needed as he is the Knowledge Master and Boulder Class Specialist of the School of Dragons. Oh and the armor has been engraved with various designs of Meatlug depicted as a Princess in his own stories as their bond was more of a romance like bond. Nonetheless, it was simply a bond worth more than anything to him than all great treasures that the world presented to them both. That'll be enough for now but later on, there is more to be seen with their appearances
They walked through the first section of the "Old Town District" as they passed by some very old and classical Victorian style looking buildings. This place was nothing like the Archipelago and it was disturbingly barren with no signs of citizens around, they continued to walk through silently until an Dragon Root Arrow sailed passed them; looking up to see the Dragon Hunters have planned a ambush for them, all armed with Crossbows as Drayko had to head for cover and Toothless had to take them all out by shooting some Plasma Bolts towards their attackers. Nothing too risky since the Dragon Hunters have proven time and time again that they are no match for the wrath of Drayko and Toothless, Vixen aided in distracting some of the Hunters and pranced all around to mock them
The Dragon Hunter Archers and Arbalists who were Crossbowmen, had to dodge the incoming Plasma Bolts that were fired away while some other unlucky souls were hit and in worst case scenario; killed instantly upon contact, they continued their attack and brought in the big guns with the Dragon Root Ballistas and Catapults. Drayko was launched upwards into the air by Toothless' Tail as he came gliding downwards towards them by slashing through each and every arrow and spear that were fired toward him; he did get struck with at least one but ignored the pain as he wanted to end this battle quicker by unleashing an large amount of Zippleback Gas all over the surrounding perimeter and causing a explosion as he jumped down to leave the remaining Hunters to be burned alive
"Let's go" He told Toothless very briefly as he got onto him and Vixen jumped up to his shoulder, they shot off towards the sky and hid within the clouds as there was more to be out there waiting up ahead. He was not in the mood to deal with them, so he instead took them all out with a rain of Plasma Bolts using the cloudcover from above the sky just to end their lives as quickly as possible. Since time has passed in between the final defeat of Red Death to the start of a new rising threat, Drayko has become cold and introvertive; not wanting to talk to anybody and if he does end up that way, he mostly speaks in a monotone voice but still sounds like he's angry about what happened on that night from Captain Lech's Ship (A/N: The story before this is based off of Elfpen's "Umbreytingu" read my version to understand what happened, may have some inconsistencies but only because it was during the original version of my first story) He could never forget that he and Toothless sent that bastard to rot in the depths of hell for all time, his blood splattered onto his mask and he has taken his Brother's armor before hanging up his old one since it serves him no purpose but to be a reminder of his young self
To put it bluntly: he was depressed at the time and his Birthmark stopped glowing for reasons unknown, instead he has relied on his mastery of Dragonese taught to him by Toothless and the messenger of the Kindelline known as Ru (Ian Mckellen). But it was not like he could still feel it, nothing has been the same for a long time as Drayko's conflicts are affecting his relationships with those he's close to; even to his own Brother known as Toothless, he didn't want to have him concerned about his thoughts; but this was his own conflict he's dealing with. Soon he'll be back at Draconia eating a Dark Fudge Chocolate Sundae with an D&R Root Beer by the side, which the latter stood for both him and Raedwit as they made a fizzy type of drink that the two of them always enjoyed drinking together. "It'll all be over soon and I may finally enjoy my sundae at long last..."
In another section with Maria and the other Knights, they had walked the whole way through the streets of the Old Town District and entered the other side of the gates, entering through the Neighborhood section where the Sanctuary was only a few blocks away from here. Like Drayko, they too were forced to fight off the impeding Hunters, Flyers and Trappers that seemed to attack wherever they went. But like before, they were no match for them all as they not only had Dragons by their side; but because they don't show any guilt nor remorse for killing human beings. Dragon Hunters were in no way, great people to form alliances with; like the Hooligans whom Drayko showed great hatred towards, they were the kind of people who would one day praise you for your heroic efforts against the mighty foes they encountered and the next day turn around to exile you because they're a bunch of fucking unappreciative dickish assholes like that
Raijah fired off and shot his claws directly through an Flyer's chest as he swung up to the Singetail, using it to fight off the remaining Flyers with Hookfang aiding him. "Alright Hookfang, let them all feel the burning sun of Destual Harzt!" The Nightmare charged up a highly dangerous stream of burning Kerosene and fired away towards their attackers, Flyer bodies dropping down one by one and Singetails being freed all at once. "Let's go!" Maria ordered as she and the Knights kill off the last of the attacking Hunters, Flyers and Trappers before making a move on to the final area of where the Sanctuary was located
At long last stood the Sanctuary stood before them, an old but large house with with smoke coming from the chimney and seemingly silent. They walked under the arch above them and continued forward with Maria stopping and turning to see Drayko has arrived, standing by Toothless with Vixen on his shoulder; arms crossed and with an solemn but angry looking expression on his face, gave a forward head motion as a response like a nod of sorts. Suddenly as the moments pass by, the Sanctuary explodes as Drayko raced forward and tackled Maria as he and the Huntress are launched upwards by the ensuing explosion before landing on the unscathed ledge of the Sanctuary
Once the smoke had cleared out, Valka walked up to the wrecked ruins of the Sanctuary; fearing for both the safety of the caretaker and Dragons alike in the explosion. "Good grief, they made a really big mess haven't they?" She asked as an elderly woman came up from the stairs, Valka gave out a breath of relief upon seeing her alright; with adolescent teal green male Thunderdrum with some Hunter and Dark Spring green thrown into the mix resembling Bing. The mentioned hatchling of Thornado was the quietest of the triplets of brothers being Bam and Boom, but that's not sayin' much now is it? With Bing, quiet does not mean silent; then again this is only a Thunderdrum resembling him like a doppelganger
HTTYD
The Elder wore an knit cap with bronze claws on both sides, an dark navy robe with gold patterns encircling the wrists, base and brown sandals; she had numerous bracelets on her wrists and two dark gold beaded shashes wrapped over both of her shoulders. Her name was Elder Custos and she was about to tell the Knights of the approaching danger that was coming to this place and to the Archipelago as well. "It sure took a False God like him a while to find this place" She noted before looking up to see Drayko
"Oh? You have arrived, Slayer of Red Death. Emperor Dretzymiro would surely praise you for giving the Bane of Queens, her last breath" Curious about how she knows of the Emperor, he walked up to her and asked
"You knew him?"
"Oh yes, we are the the Guardians of this land: Mierviea Vde Rallie. Our own clan once fought alongside him for all the Dragons who once lived here to help aid us. But although they have long since left this land for the Death of the Emperor, we all may pray that they will return so we may see them roam here once again. Slayer of Red Death, we must ask you and your Kingdom this favor from you. As you know there is a man who calls himself Drago Bludvist, he is a madgod who's been planning to rule over the Barbaric Archipelago with his enslaved army of both men and Dragon alike and although he proclaims himself a Dragon God; he's seeks to make everyone know and remember his name, please deal with Drago Bludvist and his Hunters for us?" Drayko flipped a coin before grabbing it and smacking it down on his arm
His large silver coin had two outer rings that surrounded his dried bloodied Birthmark that was imprinted in full color as the logo on both sides, around the rim had silver barn stars with two crescents matching the Birthmark's on the top and bottom side. It featured an engraved motto that was written and Dragonese and translated to "Weep Not, But Avenge We Will. Divided We Fall" The coin was covered in filth and blood like the Libertatem was
"Looks like it's you lucky day" He responded as Elder Custos gets up and replies
"Wonderful, we are all very pleased to hear such response from you. The entrance before you leads down to the harbor. If you are successful in your quest, I shall tell you a story about the Emperor; Slayer of Red Death" Drayko nods without looking back and heads down near the entrance as Elder Custos tells the other Knights
"The Libertatem you've found at the museum is just one of the Arcanas, there is the Serpenti Curicis, my daughter's Amulet, the Chalice of Mandragora and the Sword of the Emperor that must be drenched in my daughter's blood in order for Drago to start the ritual. Please do hurry, there may not be a Draconia to defend in time" She warned them as Drayko gave out this response
"Where there's a rebellion and alliance, right?" That was all he said before going through the doors to the harbor as the Elder then revealed to the Knights that she had the Serpenti Crucis. "Drago Bludvist is not a man to carry his word, he may have both you and your Dragons hostage as you seen what he's done. But the Slayer of Red Death has something planned that nobody would have you think that he would really do" She hinted to them, the Knights not understanding but the Dragons paled at the clear understanding on what Drayko was going to do
Regardless of such thoughts, the Knights and Dragons followed Drayko down to the Underground Caverns below; thus beginning a new journey for the ever so fearsome, courage inspired and deadly heroes known as the Knights of the Dragon Riders...
Well this is the first chapter so it's forgivable, next chapter is actually gonna show the damn Villain in all of his asshole glory because Drago is a total fucking dick. Not much of Berk to be shown in this story, mostly just what's it been like since the end of Red Death's rein as Stoick is now having Snotlout as the main heir and Astrid preparing the other teens to go hunting for Drayko for obvious reasons since Hiccup's believed to be dead in the aftermath of Red Death's final battle. Remember this is a suggestion, not a disclaimer: Don't like it, don't read it. Otherwise have any feedback? Feel Free to Review and Until we meet again...
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